Free Vintage Outdoor Illustration for Collage, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: A Summer Shower

August rain: the best of the summer gone, and the new fall not yet born.
The odd uneven time.
― Sylvia Plath

It’s not that we have to quit
this life one day, but it’s how
many things we have to quit
all at once: music, laughter,
the physics of falling leaves,
automobiles, holding hands,
the scent of rain, the concept
of subway trains... if only one
could leave this life slowly!
― Roman Payne

Vintage illustration of a Victorian woman caught in a summer shower. Luckily, she is prepared for the capricious weather with her rain boots and umbrella! 6” x 9” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Free Vintage Nature Poem and Garden Illustration: Homing Birds

HOMING BIRDS
by Mary Rowles Jarvis

Out and away through the morning skies,
Where the rosy glamour of dawning lies,
As our silvery pinions cleave the blue,
Through the sun's dominions our course is true,
For we circle and soar the wide heavens through;
And many a beautiful thing we know
Of the sunlit skies, and the world below,
And many a secret we might show.
But though much we see, and though far we roam
We always come back to our own dear home!

We love to wheel round the leafless trees
In the keen delight of the northern breeze;
When dell and dingle their songs attune,
And roses mingle their sweets for June,
We curve and float through the dreamy noon.
And when the autumn its wealth hath told,
And earth is shorn of its bending gold,
We still go forth on our journeys bold,
As free as the sea-bird that skims the foam,
Yet bound by love to our own dear home.

Right glad are we as we mount and soar
Where only the lark hath passed before;
Where no annoyance, or fear, or toil,
Our eager joyaunce can fret and spoil,
Or dust of the earth our plumage soil.
But dearer far to the heart of a dove
Than sapphire breadths of the realness above,
Is the lowly shelter where love wins love;
Where wings too weary again to roam
All rest and happiness find at home.

Ah! homing birds, we too could tell
The old sweet lesson you preach so well!
Be it only a dove-cote, three feet square,
Or a Palace Beautiful, wide and fair,
The spell is the same spell everywhere.
Where perfect trust as the warden stands,
And kindness welcomes with outstretched hands,
And love makes silken her bonds and bands,
In moss-roofed cottage, or royal dome,
The heart rejoices in home, sweet home!

Amtique illustration of a young woman feeding her homing birds in the garden. 8.5” x 11” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here. You can also download the poem as it was originally printed (see below) by clicking once to expand, and then right-clicking on the image to save to your device:

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Free Vintage Garden Illustration: Happiness in the Garden, 1896

Sometimes since I've been in the garden I've looked up through the trees at the sky and I have had a strange feeling of being happy as if something was pushing and drawing in my chest and making me breathe fast. Magic is always pushing and drawing and making things out of nothing. Everything is made out of magic, leaves and trees, flowers and birds, badgers and foxes and squirrels and people. So it must be all around us. In this garden - in all the places.
― Frances Hodgson Burnett, The Secret Garden

We all deserve to get away and have some peace; and others deserve the peace of us getting out of their way!
― Ajahn Brahm, Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung?: Inspiring Stories for Welcoming Life's Difficulties

Vintage illustration of a lady relaxing in the garden from 1896. 8” x 11” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Vintage Botanical Illustrations: Two Varieties of Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
― William Wordsworth Longfellow, I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud

Two varieties of daffodils: “Sir Watkin” (top) and “Paper White” (bottom); both botanical illustrations from c1896. You can download the images above as 3” x 4” @ 300 ppi JPEGs here and here. Great for collage, graphic design, junk journal, scrapbooking or stamping projects.


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Free Vintage Outdoor Illustration for Collage, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Spring Flowers, 1881

Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine,
oh what a freeing time it was.
― Aberjhani

From all that I saw,
and everywhere I wandered,
I learned that time cannot be spent,
It only can be squandered.
― Roman Payne

Vintage illustration of a girl gathering wildflowers in the woods. From an 1881 engraving of the painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905). 7.25” x 15” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Printable Vintage Art: Botanical Illustration of Lilium auratum (Golden-Rayed Lily)

Lilium auratum, 1862
by Louis van Houtte (1810–1876)
Lilium auratum (山百合, yamayuri, literally “mountain lily”) is one of the true lilies. It is native to Japan and is sometimes called the golden-rayed lily or the goldband lily.

The Englishman who was the earliest collector of lily bulbs in Japan was arguably young John Gould Veitch of Veitch Nurseries, and in 1862 he sent to England the golden rayed lily, L. auratum, which became touted as the “aristocrat of lilies”. It was allegedly in 1867 that a man named John Joshua Jarmain operating from Yokohama became the first commercial exporter of Japanese lilies, though the species of lily is not clarified. The mint exporter Samuel Cocking of Yokohama also exported lilies from the early 1800s, presumably of the L. auratum species, which is the local prefectural flower [ja] of Kanagawa Prefecture. Isaac Bunting, another purveyor of plants offered L. auratum for sale, as seen in his 1885 catalog. [Source: Wikipedia.]

You can download the antique botanical illustration above as a high-res 6” x 9” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here. Public domain, colours digitally enhanced.


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Vintage Botanical Illustrations: Varieties of Violas and Pansies

“Sometimes,” he sighed, “I think the things I remember
are more real than the things I see.”
― Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha

If you cannot hold me in your arms, then hold my memory in high regard.
And if I cannot be in your life, then at least let me live in your heart.
― Ranata Suzuki
While violas and pansies are often confused for each other, they are actually distinct members of the Violaceae family. The most obvious distinction is the size of the flowers. Violas generally have smaller, more delicate blooms than their pansy counterparts. Throughout history, these flowers have been used as symbols of innocence, humility, modesty, fidelity, remembrance, grief, faithfulness, and virtue.

You can download the four botanical illustrations above in one 8” x 8” @ 300 ppi JPEG here. Great for graphic design, junk journal, papercrafts or scrapbooking projects.


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Vintage Outdoor Graphic for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Sweet Promises in Spring Landscape

Love's about finding the one person who makes your heart complete. Who makes you a better person than you ever dreamed you could be. Its about looking in the eyes of your wife and knowing all the way to your bones that she's simply the best person you've ever known.
― Julia Quinn, The Viscount Who Loved Me

Antique illustration from 1893 showing a pair of lovers about to be marries in the sweet springtime, walking arm on arm in the blossoming landscape. 8.5” x 11” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Vintage Botanical Illustrations: Collection of Single Roses, 1897

SET 1
(1) THE COPPER AUSTRIAN BRIAR.
The true "Eglantine" of Linnaeus and Redouté. A very choice kind of single rose, which will grow in light warm soil.
(2) ROSEA LUTEA.
The Eglanteria of Linnaeus, an indispensable rose for hybriding. Is the original wild rose of the Austrian briars. Hot sandy soil.
(3) ROSA KAMTSCHATICA.
A good hedge rose. Grows freely.

SET 2
(1) ROSA CANINA GALLICA.
A garden variety of the English dog rose and French rose. Suitable for shrubberies.
(2)ROSA BRACTEABER, from which the Macartney rose was derived. Useful for covering walls with a south and west aspect. The flowers occur singly, but are very large.
(3) ROSA SPINASISSIMA V. GRANDIFLORA. Burnet or Scotch rose. Sandy soil.

SET 3
(1) PAUL'S "Carmine Rose."
A good pillar rose. Grows freely.
(2) ROSA RUGOSA.
The Japanese Ramanas rose for beds and shrubberies, equally beautiful in autumn for its large scarlet fruit and tinted leaves.
(3) ROSA MOSCHATA V. BRUNONII.
A form of musk-rose. Vigorous, for large buildings, trunks of trees, etc., requires space; blooms freely.
(4) ROSA POMIERA.
This is a garden rose grown for the large bright fruit.

SET 4
(1) HYBRID PERPETIAL ROSE "Crown Prince."
(2) NOISETTE ROSE "Madame P. Cochet."

Four sets of rose illustrations from an article published May 15, 1897. You can download these graphics as three 8.5” x 11” @ 300 ppi JPEGs (Sets 1-3) and one 11” x 8” @ 300 ppi JPEG (Set 4) here. Good for graphic design, junk journal, papercrafts or scrapbooking projects.


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Printable Vintage Illustration: Conversations in the Garden 8

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bored, of touching everything with interest, of pleasing with trifles, of being fascinating with nothing at all.
― Guy de Maupassant

A funny person is funny only for so long, but a wit can sit down and go on being spellbinding forever. One is not meant to laugh. One stays quiet and marvels. Spontaneously witty talk is without question the most fascinating entertainment there is.
― Diana Vreeland, D.V.

Vintage illustration of two ladies having a conversation in the garden from 1857. 4.25 x 5.5" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here. Larger image size available for licensing. Please inquire.


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Printable Vintage Art: Botanical Illustration of Lonicera reticulata (Grape Honeysuckle)

Lonicera reticulata (commonly known as grape honeysuckle), 1868
by Abraham Jacobus Wendel (1826–1915)
You can download the antique botanical illustration above as a high-res 4” x 5” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here. Public domain, colours digitally enhanced.


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Illustrated Announcement Template: Birds of Winter Illustrated Border

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently?
And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt;
and perhaps it says, "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Late 19th century illustrated border showing a flock of birds on the snowy branches of a tree.From my personal collection. Can be used for announcements or invitations. High-res 8” x 10” @ 300 ppi JPEG without any words/watermark can be found here.


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Free Vintage Outdoor Illustration for Collage, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Skating Party, 1890s

Which of all my important nothings shall I tell you first?
― Jane Austen

I hope we'll be friends forever, together we'll always be.
I don't think you understand just how much you mean to me.
And one day when we part our ways,
we'll think back to the past and think about how happy we are
'cause our friendship will always last.
― Bridget Davis

Vintage illustration of a group of women ice-skating in the park. 6” x 4” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here. Larger image size available for licensing. Please inquire.


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Vintage Garden Illustration for Collage Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: The Gardener, 1889

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies,” my grandfather said.
A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made.
Or a garden planted.
Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die,
and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.

“It doesn't matter what you do,” he said, “so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away.”
The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener
is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all;
the gardener will be there a lifetime.
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Vintage illustration of a young female gardener from 1889. 4.5” x 6” @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here. Larger image size available for licensing. Please inquire.


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Printable Bird Illustration for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Swallow with Four-Leaf Clover

A flock of swallows flying high over castle turrets with lead swallw carrying a four-leaf clover in its beak. A colourful border of brilliantly blue forget-me-nots surround the edges of the scene.

5" x 7" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Whimsical Fairytale Illustration for Altered Art, Junk Journaling, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: A Rainy Day

A Rainy Day (drawn by F.S. Church)
5" x 10.5" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Vintage Outdoor Graphic for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: In a Wildflower Patch 1

Young Lady in a Patch of Wildflowers and Blackberries
8.5" x 11" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Vintage Illustrated Children's Poem: Roses Red (Garden-themed Nursery Rhyme & Sheet Music)

ROSES RED
Roses red, roses red,
Whisper how you're growing!
Then I can tell
Dear little Nell,
And we shall both be knowing.

Roses red, roses red,
Some folks say you're fleeting!
But we have come
To take you home,
And keep the summer's greeting.

Roses red, roses red,
Say, why are you dying?
If I could tell
Poor little Nell,
Perhaps 't would stop her crying.

An illustrated children's garden poem originally published in June 1887. It is sung to a little tune which is shown below the drawing of a boy and girl in the garden, gathering roses from a vine that is climbing along a brick wall. Great for framed poetry, graphic design, papercrafts, nursery art or scrapbooking projects. You can find the high-res 6" x 8" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark here.


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Vintage Botanical Illustration & Nature Poem for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: A Grungy Honeysuckle and Illustrated Letter H

Maybe that's what it all comes down to.
Love, not as a surge of passion,
but as a choice to commit to something, someone,
no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way.
And maybe making that choice, again and again,
day in and day out, year after year,
says more about love than never having a choice to make at all.
― Emily Giffin, Love the One You're With

Honeysuckle is an ancient plant, with references to this fragrant vine found in Greek mythology. [1] It derives its name from the edible sweet nectar obtainable from its tubular flowers. The name Lonicera stems from Adam Lonicer, a Renaissance botanist. [2]

There are hundreds of species of honeysuckle, most being native to Europe and Asia. Much like clematis, is likes to have cool feet and a sunny top — that is, roots in the shade and sun on the leaves. [3]

It is the favorite food of hummingbirds far and wide, and has been a cornerstone of medicine in many ancient cultures. In ancient China, the honeysuckle was widely revered as a cure-all. Adding to their historical importance, the honeysuckle also has some heavy symbolism attached to it. In its plainest form, the honeysuckle is a symbol of pure happiness, sweetness and affection. At its heaviest interpretation, the honeysuckle represents the flames of love, and the tenderness for love that has been lost. [4] The honeysuckle is also used in many magic spells, [5] and is believed to attract abundance and prosperity. [6]

Above, you will see a somewhat grungy, vintage black and white illustration of a branch of honeysuckle from 1897. At the bottom right of this illustration, I have included an illustrated letter "H". You can download these graphics in one 8" x 10" @ 300 ppi JPEG here. Good for altered art, graphic design, papercrafts or scrapbooking projects.


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Vintage Outdoor Graphic for Altered Art, Graphic Design, Papercrafts or Scrapbooking: Two Ladies Outdoors 4

An acquaintance merely enjoys your company,
a fair-weather companion flatters when all is well,
a true friend has your best interests at heart
and the pluck to tell you what you need to hear.
― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly

Somewhat distressed, vintage illustration of two ladies on a summer stroll down a country lane. You can download this outdoor-themed illustration as an 8" x 12" @ 300 ppi JPEG without a watermark for altered art, graphic design, papercrafts or scrapbooking projects here.


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